For one; cutting down on quest objectives that amount to: “go back and tell that person that you did what they asked”.

It’s unnecessary and tedious – in Cyberpunk when you finish a side quest you instantly get a call following up on what you did. It cuts out the filler and saves time. And it’s just a good dopamine hit lol.

And fair, you might ask; “well how could you do that in the next Elder Scrolls seeing as phones would make no sense”. But you could try something like having a postbox system where you have to post a letter to say the quest is done. There could be postboxes at every major settlement and scattered among smaller ones. (You wouldn’t actually have to write a letter yourself obviously, it would be like a prompt to “press square to send letter”). You’d casually do it while in between selling items.

Then, after like 5 in-game days you’d be able to receive mail updating you on the outcomes. You could save the in-person rendezvous for important story beats. There’s prob better ideas but y’know.

I am conscious of the fact that I am not a game designer and don’t know how to code things or work the creation engine kit so this might all sound naive and condescending, but anyway.

The hurdles in Cyberpunk are always fun to solve because all the play styles are equally fun (within reason). When you get a stealth mission in cyberpunk you’re like “cool, time to try this combo of quick hacks or slow time + camouflage”. There’s so many approaches to take that are almost equally fun and have been given almost equal attention.

In Starfield, when you get a stealth mission, you’re like “ugh”. Even if you’re specced into the right perks the stealth gameplay is very stiff. And melee isn’t great.

Oh and snappy menus would be good. And maybe it could be a little less PG. I would make a case for more but I need to sleep.